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Description

Won’t turn brown! This productive tree bears gorgeous ruby red apples with a snowy center that won’t brown in salads. Also perfect for pies and cider. Originates from Geneva, New York in 1898. Cold-hardy. Ripens in mid September. Best pollinators: Stark® BraeStar™, Stark® Lodi or Starkspur® UltraMac™. A licensed variety of Cornell University.

Characteristics

Bloom Color

White

Fruit Color

Red

Fruit Size

Large

Pollination

Pollinator Needed

Ripens/Harvest

Mid-september

Shade/Sun

Full Sun

Soil Composition

Loamy

Soil Moisture

Well Drained

Soil pH Level

6.0 - 7.0

Taste

Tart

Texture

Crisp

Years to Bear

2 - 5

Zone Range

4 - 6

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range
4 - 6

My Hardiness Zone
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The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering.

Size & Spacing

Mature Size

The mature size of this variety depends on the version you choose to plant:

Semi-Dwarf

12 - 15' Tall X 12 - 15' Wide

Dwarf

8 - 10' Tall X 8 - 10' Wide

Recommended Spacing

The space needed for this variety to grow depends on the size you plant:

Semi-Dwarf

12 - 15'

Dwarf

8 - 10'

Recommended Pollinators

This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.

Cross-pollination by a different variety is key to its growing and bearing success. Our experts recommend planting one of the following within 50' for optimum pollination.

Shipping Information

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Our Promise of Satisfaction

1 Year Warranty

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I like my apple pies to have a tangy flavor to them. Whereas, Granny Smith can bring the tartness I desire, they just don't have a very bold apple flavor. Several years ago, I wanted to try a crock-pot apple pie recipe I found, but only had Cortlands on hand. How fortunate! The pie turned out to be the best apple pie I have ever had; so sweet, so tart and tangy, such delicious apple flavor. Now, I won't use any other apple for my apple pies! Also, Cortland is a great multi-variety pollinator.

When we purchased our home 30 years ago, there was a Cortland apple on the property. It produced bushels of fruit and was delicious to eat fresh or for applesauce. It eventually blew over in a storm. Hope to grow another tree just like it.

This is by far our favorite apple - for eating fresh and for the best pies ever! We finally have enough land to plant a few trees. Also purchased the Starkspur and the Zestar for pollination. The reviews were great on all three so I'm sure we will not be disappointed. We live in central Wisconsin and I hope they do well.

This is growing well even in my low ph soil and clay soil in northern ky. Dig your holes WIDE and deep and mix in some peat or potting soil along with a little sand and your top soil. My is taking off fast here in Kentucky.

I like my apple pies to have a tangy flavor to them. Whereas, Granny Smith can bring the tartness I desire, they just don't have a very bold apple flavor. Several years ago, I wanted to try a crock-pot apple pie recipe I found, but only had Cortlands on hand. How fortunate! The pie turned out to be the best apple pie I have ever had; so sweet, so tart and tangy, such delicious apple flavor. Now, I won't use any other apple for my apple pies! Also, Cortland is a great multi-variety pollinator.

When we purchased our home 30 years ago, there was a Cortland apple on the property. It produced bushels of fruit and was delicious to eat fresh or for applesauce. It eventually blew over in a storm. Hope to grow another tree just like it.

This is by far our favorite apple - for eating fresh and for the best pies ever! We finally have enough land to plant a few trees. Also purchased the Starkspur and the Zestar for pollination. The reviews were great on all three so I'm sure we will not be disappointed. We live in central Wisconsin and I hope they do well.

This is growing well even in my low ph soil and clay soil in northern ky. Dig your holes WIDE and deep and mix in some peat or potting soil along with a little sand and your top soil. My is taking off fast here in Kentucky.

This doesn't list the freedom apple as a pollinator, but the Freedom apple lists Cortland as a pollinator? If I buy the Cortland and Freedom, will they pollinate each other? Also, is the Cortland disease resistant at all?

BEST ANSWER:There are many more pollinators for apple trees than what we can list here. Fortunately, Cortland and Freedom work well together to cross-pollinate in both directions. Cortland doesn't exhibit any distinctive disease resistance.

BEST ANSWER:There are many more pollinators for apple trees than what we can list here. Fortunately, Cortland and Freedom work well together to cross-pollinate in both directions. Cortland doesn't exhibit any distinctive disease resistance.

BEST ANSWER:Hi Judith,It could be a couple things... It could be due to frost if you live in a area that has frost. Or it could be to much water. I was also thinking, but not sure of...could it be the soil?Just my opinions. Take care

BEST ANSWER:Hi Judith,It could be a couple things... It could be due to frost if you live in a area that has frost. Or it could be to much water. I was also thinking, but not sure of...could it be the soil?Just my opinions. Take care

Customer Reviews

I have a couple of acres and not much room for an orchard. So I could only plant a couple of selections. in the 1950's, as a college student, I worked in my uncle's orchard in eastern Illinois. The Cortland became my favorite. It was just a great eating apple. And many of our customers at the orchard really liked it too. So that is what I picked when for my new mini-orchard. I planted one last spring. It was doing great until last fall a young buck decided to clean his antlers on it and devastated the young tree. I planted another this spring and it's doing well.

The Cortland apple that I have is a replacement and was planted several weeks ago, it has leafed out and seems to be doing very well. The early planting did not leaf out this spring, Stark Bros. sent a replacement.

Healthy tree from start. Did well 1st season. 2nd season, It was full of blossoms. That lead to many apples. Of course, I picked off most but look forward to eating a few nice apples this year and hopefully see another good amount of growth to the tree!

My Cortland Apple Tree is looking healthy and happy. No blossoms this year but it's a bit young right now. We had a nasty winter with not much snow, unusual for normal Vermont winters, so not much in the way of insulation against the frost but this Cortland is looking fine!

Excellent tree. Ordered the supreme dwarf. They don't look like much when you receive them bare root. Essentially looks like a 3-4 foot stick with a couple little 6 inch branches on it. Starkbros professiobal pruning on trees is just that. Planted as directed spring 2016 this tree sprouted vigorous branches and grew about 3 feet in height by fall. Pruned my 4 trees all which were ordered together In late February 2017. Have never done this before so I researched how to do it on starkbros and also other websites. Very easy and quick with a good set of pruners. Was amazed to currently have about 40 blossoms on this tree which I just bought and planted last spring. Excellent product and excellent directions from this company on planting, pruning, and caring for their trees. Will definitely be ordering more only problem is I live in a northeast PA suburb and my yard is only 1/3 of an acre and I don't have the room I wish I had to plant.

Courtland is a beautiful little tree at two years old! She leafed out beautifully this year and is right at 7' tall. She did not have any blossoms this spring, but I didn't expect any. PatLaurel Bloomery, TN

I planted this Cortland Apple last spring and soon after we got rain for almost a month. The tree got leafs on it but they soon went black and fell off, I think due to all the wet. Once the rains stopped it got leaves on it again but soon we got a slight drought and I was watering all my trees but the Cortland didn't seem to respond too well, even with me mixing the Tre Pep in the water. this tree was the first to lose its leaves in the fall last year so I figured it would not survive the winter. Yesterday I was in my orchard and I noticed that there were nice green buds on my Cortland Apple, it actually survived the winter. I am looking forward to this summer to see what it gives this year.

I planted this tree at the same time I planted the heritage Snow Apple tree. While the Snow Apple seemed to begin growing right away, this Cortland showed signs of life, but didn't take off like the Snow did. It does seem to be growing nicely now, but I am not expecting much until next Spring.

They are all still alive! I had issue with the red rust leaf fungus last summer. I treated them once this year so far. My 20 ounce only has leaves on the new,growth. It got hit hard. The others look to be ok.

The tree came in very poor condition ...small and weak. It died and when I called to ask about a possible replacement, I was told that I should have called sooner because the replacement was only good for the first year. I had tried to give it a chance to survive and waited until the beginning of the second year to call. I expected better quality and better customer service.

My tree is now one year old and it is growing nicely. The Cortland is growing quite well compared to some of the other varieties that I planted at the same time. It arrives and looks like a stick, and one year later it actually resembles a small healthy tree. Customer service was also very helpful with resolving mistakes made in shipment.

This fine specimen is just dying to be elsewhere. What with compost and other soil amendments as well as sun water and judicious fertilizing-we should have a nice sturdy tree this season. Not so. A lifeless, leafless scrawny stick that a good south wind would snap in twain. We have to start all over.

I've got to say...this is the first time buying like this, but it's been wonderful!The Cortland Apple tree came in a well packaged box, out came this single stick tree, dry wrapped.I planted it as directed, and now it's starting to bud! It's exciting to watch my little tree grow!Thank you for such a great tree. It and my Macintosh tree are best of friends.??

Not as vigorous as the Lodi, and since they are the feature (to be) in front of an old Colonial home. and also replace the two apple trees that were there that died of old age, We hope the Cortland develops to the same degree as the Lodi. Previously there was a Cortland and a Rhode Island Greening there.